How to uninstall QQ Music on Mac

Before removing QQ Music, find out where it saved the songs you downloaded, because that folder may sit inside the app's own container, and Mole selects the container by default. Removing the app does not cancel a QQ Music membership. These steps cover the official download from QQ Music's site and the Homebrew cask qqmusic; the Mac App Store copy was not tested.

Check downloads before anything else

Open QQ Music's settings and note the download folder. If it points somewhere you chose, such as your Music or Downloads folder, uninstalling leaves those files alone. If it points inside ~/Library/Containers/com.tencent.QQMusicMac, copy the songs you want to keep out of that folder first and play a copy to confirm it works. Songs you can download again from your account do not need a local backup.

Quit and remove the app

  1. Stop playback, then quit QQ Music from its menu. Closing the window does not quit it.
  2. Search for QQMusic in Activity Monitor and confirm it has exited.
  3. Move QQ Music from Finder's Applications folder to the Trash.

QQ Music does not publish a separate Mac uninstaller; this is the standard way to remove an app downloaded from the internet. The official download page is y.qq.com.

Where QQ Music keeps local data

In Finder, press Shift + Command + G and open each location that exists.

Location What it holds What to do
~/Library/Containers/com.tencent.QQMusicMac QQ Music's sandbox container, about 100 MB after a first launch in the test Copy out any songs saved here, then remove it
~/Library/Application Support/com.tencent.QQMusicMac App support data Remove when you no longer use QQ Music
~/Library/Caches/com.tencent.QQMusicMac Cache Safe to remove after quitting
~/Library/Preferences/com.tencent.QQMusicMac.plist Preferences Remove for a clean reinstall
~/Library/HTTPStorages/com.tencent.QQMusicMac, ~/Library/WebKit/com.tencent.QQMusicMac Web data and cookies Remove with the app
~/Library/Caches/Matrix/CrashBlock/QQMusic A few KB of crash-report data, seen on the test Mac after removal Remove only this QQMusic folder, never the Matrix parent

The first five come from the Homebrew cask's zap list. The Matrix crash-report folder is a local observation from this test, and its parent can hold data from other Tencent apps.

In the September 19 test macOS refused to let Mole move the container to the Trash, while the September 26 recheck moved it normally. If it is still there after uninstalling, quit QQ Music, open ~/Library/Containers in Finder and drag com.tencent.QQMusicMac to the Trash yourself once you have copied what you need.

Check the result

Run these read-only commands in Terminal:

pgrep -il qqmusic
ls -d ~/Library/Containers/com.tencent.QQMusicMac ~/Library/Caches/Matrix/CrashBlock/QQMusic
  • No output from pgrep means QQ Music is no longer running. A listed process means it is still open; quit it before touching its folders.
  • ls prints each folder that still exists and reports "No such file or directory" for the rest. A surviving container is the one described above; a surviving QQMusic crash folder is a few KB and harmless.

If you installed it with Homebrew

The qqmusic cask quits QQ Music before removing it. Its zap list trashes the container ~/Library/Containers/com.tencent.QQMusicMac, ~/Library/Application Support/com.tencent.QQMusicMac, the cache, preferences, HTTPStorages, WebKit data and saved window state. Running brew uninstall --cask --zap qqmusic yourself removes all of them, including any songs saved inside the container, and it does not look at Mole's checkboxes. Homebrew QQ Music cask

Mole checks the zap list first. If it would reach a row you left unticked, such as the container, Mole drops --zap and removes only the app and the rows you selected.

To remove only the app and keep its data:

brew uninstall --cask qqmusic

What Mole lists

When you remove it with Mole:

  • ~/Library/Containers/com.tencent.QQMusicMac is selected by default. Untick it if your downloads are inside it and not yet copied.
  • ~/Library/Application Support/com.tencent.QQMusicMac, the cache, preferences, HTTPStorages, WebKit data and saved window state are selected by default.
  • ~/Library/Caches/Matrix/CrashBlock/QQMusic is not listed.

What this test covered

On September 19, 2026, QQ Music 11.9.1 was copied from the official download into Applications, opened once, then removed with Mole 1.15 Preview (build 277). The app, cache, preferences and web data went to the Trash. macOS refused to move the container, about 100 MB, so it stayed on disk. On September 26, 2026, QQ Music 11.10.0 from the official download was installed, opened once and removed with a development build of Mole with every row ticked. Mole's Status page showed it as one row, QQ音乐, of 15 processes, most of them macOS media and WebKit services. All 12 items went to the Trash, this time including the 53 MB container; only ~/Library/Caches/Matrix/CrashBlock/QQMusic stayed. No song download, account sign-in or membership was tested, and neither the Homebrew cask nor the Mac App Store version was uninstalled.